The trouble is that we need to perform *some* sort of quality control out there... The option is as soon as we have a tarball out, it's "immediately" released, in which case why even bother with a test or RC candidate. We need to, IMO, impose some sort of order and process on how we release s/w, and the simple fact that we have RC tarballs out there doesn't cut it.
It's certainly a problem that we've had for some time, especially when you consider the times when releases are really security related... I would hate having some sort of "private" release mailing list where we can really test RC tarballs in a semi secure environment before they are released in general, but I can't see us simply saying our release procedure is we throw a tarball out there and 2-3 days after we do that we "Announce" it :) Aaron Bannert wrote: > > Why is it bad if people download the RC version and > test it? Frankly, I really don't mind if slashdot or anyone > else broadcasts that we have an RC tarball available. > If anything it's a good thing. We don't make any guarantees > about our code anyway, so whether or not we call it a GA > release is just a courtesy to our users. Sheesh, this just > seems like we're turning down would-be beta-testers! > > Please put the tarballs back up, and please ignore the press. > > -aaron > > > On May 7, 2004, at 12:28 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > > I have made the tarballs unavailable from the below URL. People > > should contact me directly to obtain the correct URL... > > > > Sander Temme wrote: > >> > >> On May 7, 2004, at 8:15 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > >> > >>> Via: > >>> > >>> http://httpd.apache.org/dev/dist/ > >>> > >>> > >>> I'd like to announce and release the 11th. > >> > >> Except Slashdot beat you to the punch: <http://apache.slashdot.org/>. > -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both and deserve neither" - T.Jefferson
